How can I be anonymous on the Internet?

jkeep said:

as the title suggests........ How can I be anonymous on the Internet?

I am concerned about others monitoring my Internet browsing and
being able to track what I download.

Can anybody suggest any free software or pay-for software that will hide my IP address and render me anonymous.

Many Thanks,

Jeff

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SpyderBite said:

If all you are doing is content consumption without logging in to any site and use one of the methods above you should be fine.

If you actually want to participate, like on these forums, or contribute then no. You will always leave an Internet footprint.

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Bob Coxner said:

With a VPN the footprint can be anonymous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

http://lifehacker.com/5935863/five-best-vpn-service-providers

http://bestvpnreviews.com/

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Luis2004 said:

I agree, any VPN service won't do the job. I'm an attorney and we recently prosecuted a case where the VPN company was more than happy to oblige with the subpoena.

If you're so itchy to do something that you need to be anonymous for, maybe you're better off not doing it?

Can't tell you how many people are behind bars right now just for spending a few hours doing something that they shouldn't be doing.

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Luis2004 said:

I agree, any VPN service won't do the job. I'm an attorney and we recently prosecuted a case where the VPN company was more than happy to oblige with the subpoena.

If you're so itchy to do something that you need to be anonymous for, maybe you're better off not doing it?

Can't tell you how many people are behind bars right now just for spending a few hours doing something that they shouldn't be doing.

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Quad5Ny said:

http://torrentfreak.com/which-vpn-providers-really-take-anonymity-seriously-111007/

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Luis2004 said:

I can tell you that at least one of those companies does, in fact, keep records for at least 180 days.

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